VOLKSWAGEN GOLF PLUS 2004 Owners Manual

TIN .................................. .
292
Tiptronic ............................... 185
Tire damage.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Tire inflati on pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Tire mobility set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
tire m ob ilit y set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
no t to use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Tire Monitoring Sys tem
Tire inflati on
pressu re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Tire Pressure Monitoring Sys te m . . . . . . .
Tire re p a ir set
tir e m ob ility se t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Tire wear.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Tires
T ires and w hee ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Tires a
nd wheels....................... 276
Avoiding
damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Br eak- in period
...................... 281
spare w heel ............... 288
Determine load limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Imbal ance.......................... 287
In co rrect wheel a lignment........... 287
I nflat io n pr essure
sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
La beli n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Load rating code of th e tir es. . . . . . . . . . 293
New
tires .......................... .. 28 1
rat ing code letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
the replaced w hee l . . . . . . . . . . 288
Technical data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tire an d wheel handling. . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Tir e damage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
T ire identifi ca
tion number (TIN) . . . . . 292
Ti re infl ation pressure............... 283
Alphabetical ind ex
Tir e lab eling. . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. . . . . .
balancing ..................... 287 rims. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Tongue load ............................ 152 Trailer loading ....................... 155
Tools
F ront tow ing eye.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Rear towing
eye.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
S pec ia l
consideratio ns. . . . . . . . . . . 357, 358
Tow b
ar ............................. 357
Tow rope ............................ 357
Towi ng prohibi
tion .................. 357 traile r hit ch ..................... 357
Towing
capacity
T railer loading ....................... !55
Tow- starting ........................... 357
Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Trailer Driving .............................. !56
D
riv ing w ith a trailer ................. !56
E lec tri
cal socke t ..................... !54 H ea dligh t settin gs .................... 156
L E D r
ear ligh ts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153, !54
Loading ............................. 155
Malfunction ......................... 155
Pa rking System. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rear ligh ts ....................... 153, 154 Retrofitting a rrailer hitch ............. 158
Safety ch a ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . !53, !54
Tongue load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Tongue weight ....................... !55 Towing capacity ..................... 155
Trailer towing ....................... !52
Trail er hitch
Ball mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 157
Malfun ction ......................... 155
H etrofit ............................. 158
trail er . ................. ......... !52

Trailer towing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Fire extingu is her . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Technica l require ments.............. 153
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Dr iv ing tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Tread wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Trip
odomet e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tro ubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Turn signa l leve r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
u
Undercoating .......................... 268
Unidirec t
ional tires .................... 293
Unlocking
Rear hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Vehicle .............................. 39
Upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cleanin g fabr ic tr im . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
C leaning uphols tery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Leatherett e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Lockin g from th e outsid e .............. 39
action in case of breakdown
Stopping on an up hill grade . . . . . . . . . . 192
Un locking and l ock ing from the inside .
Battery acid ......................... 259
Battery runs dow n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Disch arges...................... 174,321
Disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
In stallation location ................. 257
Jump-start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
R ep l
acement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Leatherette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
mirror s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 components .................. 274 was her . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
R
eplacing wip er b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Serv ice posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S pecial considerations . . . . . . . . . . . 263, 264
U ndercoatin g ....................... 268
Uph ols tery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
271
Vehicle pain t.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Washing by hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Wash ing the ve hicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
W i
ndows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
W i
ndshi eld -int egrated antenna ....... 312
Woo d trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
374 375

Vehicle identification number ............ 3 1
Vehicle key
Indi
cator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vehicle key set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Vehicle keys
button......................... 34 Regio nal diff ere nces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sy nchronizing ........................ 37
Valet ke y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Vehicl e labels ............................ 31
V eh icle modifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Signs. . ........................... 311
Sticker s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
V ehi cle washing
Spec ia l con sid eration s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Volk swage n Information System .......... 21
Displa ys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Menu structure ........... ............ 21
w
Warning light
Alternator.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Brak e sys tem .......... .............. 189
Cruise co ntrol .................... .. . 215
Depre ssing
the brake ................. 189
Doors... ............................ 43
Engine coo la nt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Engine hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Engine oil pressure ................... 247
Overv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rear h atc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety belt s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Shiftin g ............................. S teerin g column lock.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Washing vehicl e
S p
ecia l con sideration s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Waxing the paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Wear indicato r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Weights ................................
What if? ..................•............. 318
Whe el bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Cove r caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Tightening
torque ....... . ............ 332
Whe el change ........... ..... ......... 331
Wheel covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Full w heel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Hubcap ................. ..... ...... 328
Whee l bolt c
aps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Wheel rims. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bolted deco rative cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bolted rim ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C leaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Window s
power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Wind shi eld
Insulat ed ............................ 127
Wind shi eld washer ..................... 128
Windshield washer
C heck ing ............................ 132
Indicator li ght ....................... 128
R efi llin g ............................. 132
Wind shield
wiper
F un ction s .. .........................
Headlight washer sys te m ............. H eated wash er no zzles ...............
Lifting off the wiper blade ............. Lifting th e w ip er blade ................
po siti on ...................... W in d shi eld wip er leve r ............... 129
Wind shield wiper serv ice position .......
Wind shie ld wipers ...................... 128
Wind shi eld-integrated antenna .......... 312
Wint er di esel ........................... 241
Winter ope
ration
F ue l consumptio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Headli ght wa sher sys tem .............
H ea te d was he r n ozz les ............... Menu s e ttin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 s treak s ......... ................. 13 1

Winter tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
S p ee d res tr ic
tio ns ................... 29 4
Wiper bl
ades C lea nin g ............................ 266
R
eplacin g ........................... 266
Wipers Spec i
al conside rations............... 129
Workshop hoist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wrench symbo l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Owner's
status: Ausgabe: USA:

1.1

information ................... .
warranty rights and 3
................................ .
For 7 years Covering
Certain Emission
System Parts ........... .
5
5
6
of contents
Emissions Performance
Warranty . . . . .
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Performance Warranty
. . . 7
BBB
State-Spe cific Warranty Enforcement laws

Booklet 1.1 Warranty
Warranty
Owner's information
Dear
emiss ion s warranti es appli cable to you r new Volks wagen model. Please read these limit ed
warranties carefully to determin e you r wa rranty rig ht s and obligat ions.
mil es, whic hever occurs first and powertrain limit ed warranty coverage for 5
y ears or
a ddition, your vehicl e is c ove red by Emi ssions Limited Warranti es mandate d b y Fede ra l l aw. If
yo u are a resident o f the State o f nect icut, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Rhode Is land, m ont , Washing to n and th e of Massachuse tts a nd Pen nsy lvania and have emi ssio ns equipped vehicle,
yo u may also have rights under d ated emissio ns wa rra nti es. Please consult
th ese warra nties whenever your
tion in unders tanding the limited warra nties that apply to your Volk swage n model is t ant
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If yo u ha
ve a concern or yo u are not sa tisfied
with the service yo u receive from your deale r, we s u ggest that you disc uss it with the
Serv ice Manager at your deal ers hi p. I f it is not re so lved through your dealership, yo u may call or write to the Volkswagen CARE
In th e event th at yo ur authorize d Volkswagen dealer o r Volkswage n CARE has bee n unab le to address the concern to
your s atisfaction , you may take advantage of BBB LINE, prog ra m admi niste red through the of Bette r Business Bureaus.
Th e BBB program offers both ation and a rbitration services for the re so lution
o f d isputes aris ing whiJe a vehicle is under ranty.
T he
requir es manufacturers to be in a
dard beco mes necessary. If you change your
need not use the card if yo u purchased your
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law requires us to provide you with the following Emissions Statement
The Air Resources Board is pl eas ed to
expla in the e mission control sys te m w arran ty on your model year ve hicle. In
incl ud in g diagnosis, parts and l a b or.
Manufacturer's warranty coverage:
For 3 years or
in sp ection, a ll
n ecess ary re p air s and adju stm ent s will be made Volk sw age n to en sur e that your ve hicl e passes the inspection . This is your Em ission
If any e mission-rela te d p art on your ve hicle is
d efec tive, the part will b e repai re d or re placed by
V o lkswag en . Thi s is your s hort -term E mi ssion
For 7 years or
miles is d efecti ve , th e part will be
repai re d or r epla ced by Volk swage n. T his is your
l o ng-term E mi ssion
For 15 years or
Partial r e qui rement s, a s id enti­fied on th e Veh icl e E mission Informa­
t ion Label loca te d on the hood. For these ve hi­cles, if your Volkswagen model fails a
be re­paire d or replace d by Volkswagen fo r 1 5 y ea rs o r
Syste m
Owner's warranty responsibilities:
As th e ve hicl e ow ner, you are respo nsibl e fo r th e
perf o rmance of th e re quired m ain tenance lis te d
i n your owne r's Mainte na nce bookl et. Volk­
s w agen recommends th at you re ta in all receipts
cove ring maintenance on your ve hicl e, but swage n cannot den y warranty so le ly fo r th e la c k
o f r eceipts or for your failur e to e nsure th e per­
f orma n ce of al l sc hedule d m aint enance.
Y
ou a re respons ibl e for presenti ng your vehicl e
to a Vol kswage n d ea le r as s oo n as a probl em ex­
i s ts. The w arranty re pai rs should b e co mpl ete d
in a reasonable amount of tim e, not to excee d
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